As a nurse there is a huge probability when you are on duty to meet patients with Parkinson’s disease. A long term disease as Parkinson’s disease in general is often associated with severe handicap. Progressivity and some different symptoms affects patient’s quality of life.
The aim of this study is to illuminate how Parkinson’s disease affects patients’ quality of life but also to illuminate how a nurse can maintain quality of life in patients with Parkinson’s disease. The method of this study is a literature rewiev: Ten articles met the scientific standars of quality and are material for the results of this study. The findings of this study show that both physical and mental symptoms as depression, insomnia, fatigue and pain has a large affect on person’s quality of life. The nurses role is to adjust nursing to every patients’ needs to maintain quality of life for these patients.